โ Gary M. Pomerantz
๐ Fiction
๐
2005;2002
๐ Crown Publishing Group
๐ English
โ 469 KB
๐ 1 views
โฆ LIBER โฆ
Wilt, 1962
โ Scribed by Gary M. Pomerantz
- Publisher
- Crown/Archetype
- Year
- 2005;2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 469 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
On the night of March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, right up the street from the chocolate factory, Wilt Chamberlain, a young and striking athlete celebrated as the Big Dipper, scored one hundred points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers.
As historic and revolutionary as the achievement was, it remains shrouded in myth. The game was not televised; no New York sportswriters showed up; and a fourteen-year-old local boy ran onto the court when Chamberlain scored his hundredth point, shook his hand, and then ran off with the basketball. In telling the story of this remarkable night, author Gary M. Pomerantz brings to life a lost world of American sports.
In 1962, the National Basketball Association, stepchild to the college game, was searching for its identity. Its teams were mostly white, the number of black players limited by an unspoken quota. Games were played in drafty, half-filled arenas, and the players traveled on buses and trains, telling tall...
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